SpessartineAmpanivana pegmatite, Ampanivana area, Andrembesoa Commune, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
Photo: Rob Lavinsky Ny pegmatitan' i Ampanivana, Ampanivana, Kaominina Andrembesoa, Distrikan' i Betafo, Faritra Vakinankaratra, Faritanin' Antananarivo, Madagasikara
A gem mine worked on a granite pegmatite located 15 km south of Antsongombato gem mine, ca. 40 km southwest of Mahaiza and some 10s km west of the administrative center of Andrembesoa north of the river Mania in the central highland of Madagascar.
References
- Pezzotta, F. (1999): Madagaskar. Das Paradies der Mineralien und Edelsteine. ExtraLapis nr 17, p. 68 (german version)
- Simmons, W. B; Pezzotta, F; Falster, A.U & Webber, K. L. (2001): Londonite, a new mineral species: The Cs-dominant analogue of Rhodizite from the Antandrokomby granitic pegmatite, Madagascar. Canadian Mineralogist 39: 747-755
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3 entries listed. 2 valid minerals.
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